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Yaroshenko (Ярошенко): where the surname was recorded in Ukraine

Also spelled: Jaroszenko. These are Latin spellings of the same Ukrainian name.

Recorded in 185 towns and villages of 17 oblasts in the state memory books of 1917–1960. This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.

The index covers only the source material processed so far. An absent place does not mean the surname was never used there; a shared surname does not establish family origin or kinship.

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Vinnytsia oblast: 4 placesVolyn oblastLuhansk oblast: 10 placesDnipropetrovsk oblast: 6 placesDonetsk oblast: 10 placesZhytomyr oblast: 7 placesZakarpattia oblastZaporizhzhia oblast: 9 placesIvano-Frankivsk oblastKyiv oblast: 27 placesKyiv oblast: 27 placesKirovohrad oblast: 6 placesCrimeaCrimeaLviv oblastMykolaiv oblast: 12 placesOdesa oblast: 3 placesPoltava oblast: 17 placesRivne oblastSumy oblast: 25 placesTernopil oblastKharkiv oblast: 13 placesKherson oblast: 6 placesKhmelnytskyi oblast: 5 placesCherkasy oblast: 7 placesChernihiv oblast: 18 placesChernivtsi oblast
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Kyiv oblast

27 places with the surname Ярошенко

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Coverage: Kyiv oblast →

The same oblasts as a list

OblastPlacesShare%
Kyiv oblast 2715%
Sumy oblast 2514%
Chernihiv oblast 1810%
Poltava oblast 179%
Kharkiv oblast 137%
Mykolaiv oblast 126%
Donetsk oblast 105%
Luhansk oblast 105%
Zaporizhzhia oblast 95%
Zhytomyr oblast 74%
All 17 oblasts
OblastPlacesShare%
Cherkasy oblast 74%
Dnipropetrovsk oblast 63%
Kirovohrad oblast 63%
Kherson oblast 63%
Khmelnytskyi oblast 53%
Vinnytsia oblast 42%
Odesa oblast 32%

Each oblast name opens its coverage page: parishes, books and what has been digitized.

Years of the sources

These books concern 1917–1960. Families in the 19th century were recorded in parish registers. Those are what we read, with a frame number beside every name.

Memory books 1917–1960

  • “Rehabilitated by History” («Реабілітовані історією»)1917–1960
  • National Book of Memory of Holodomor Victims1932–1933

Places with a ready parish description

8 of 185 places

Parish, books and what has been digitized: open a place.

Places in the indexed books

Kyiv oblast 2724 of 27

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Sumy oblast 2510 of 25

and 15 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Chernihiv oblast 187 of 18

and 11 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Poltava oblast 177 of 17

and 10 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kharkiv oblast 135 of 13

and 8 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Mykolaiv oblast 125 of 12

and 7 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Donetsk oblast 104 of 10

and 6 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Luhansk oblast 104 of 10

and 6 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zaporizhzhia oblast 93 of 9

and 6 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Zhytomyr oblast 73 of 7

and 4 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Cherkasy oblast 73 of 7

and 4 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Dnipropetrovsk oblast 63 of 6

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kirovohrad oblast 63 of 6

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Kherson oblast 63 of 6

and 3 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Khmelnytskyi oblast 53 of 5

and 2 places more in the oblast · all in the search →

Vinnytsia oblast 43 of 4

and 1 place more in the oblast · all in the search →

Odesa oblast 3All 3 places
Older than the memory books

Register of the Zaporozhian Host, 1649

69 entries in 15 regiments

  • Канівський
  • Полтавський
  • Кропивнянський
  • Прилуцький
  • Черкаський
  • Корсунський
  • Білоцерківський
  • Миргородський
  • Чигиринський
  • Київський
  • Ніжинський
  • Уманський
  • Брацлавський
  • Чернігівський
  • Переяславський

The same surname in 1649 does not by itself mean this was your ancestor.

As printed in the editionRegimentPage
Микита ЯрошенкоЧигиринський regimentp. 3
Курило Ярошенкоsotnia ШубцеваЧеркаський regimentp. 30
Ярема Ярошенкоsotnia СтародубоваКанівський regimentp. 57
Яковъ ЯрошенкоКорсунський regimentp. 78
Семенъ ЯрошенкоБілоцерківський regimentp. 108

5 of 69 entries shown. Names and sotnias as spelled in the 1875 edition of the register (Moscow, edited by O. M. Bodianskyi); "p." is the page of that edition.

What these books can and cannot tell you

They can

  • Show the towns and villages where the surname was recorded in 1917–1960.
  • Suggest which oblast to start the search in.

They cannot

  • This is a count of places, not people or ancestors.
  • An absent place does not mean the surname was never used there.
  • A shared surname does not establish family origin or kinship.

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Source: state memory books, «Реабілітовані історією» and the National Book of Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor. We publish surnames only: no first names, dates or fates.

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